Books > History > American history
|
Buy Now
Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939 - Jewish 'Landsmanshaftn' in American Culture (Paperback)
Loot Price: R822
Discovery Miles 8 220
|
|
Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939 - Jewish 'Landsmanshaftn' in American Culture (Paperback)
Series: American Jewish Civilization Series
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Landsmanshaftn, associations of immigrants from the same hometown,
became the most popular form of organization among Eastern European
Jewish immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early
20th centuries. Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity
in New York, 1880-1939, by Daniel Soyer, holds an in-depth
discussion on the importance of these hometown societies that
provided members with valuable material benefits and served as
arenas for formal and informal social interaction. In addition to
discussing both continuity and transformation as features of the
immigrant experience, this approach recognizes that ethnic identity
is a socially constructed and malleable phenomenon. Soyer explores
this process of construction by raising more specific questions
about what immigrants themselves have meant by Americanization and
how their hometown associations played an important part in the
process.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.